The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-11
PERILS OF THE RAIL.
Fearful Collisions on the Ii. n U.
and Ii. IL A. Railroads.
Many Passengers Killed and
Wounded and Cars Con-
fiagrated.
CoIlided at Sixty Miles an Hour.

for Chicago, with FIVE coaches and four
sIeepers. all well filled with passengers,
collided with an eastern bound freight
train eleven miles east of this city about
4 o'clock this morning.
The fast train was about fifty minutes
late and was running at the rate OF sixty
miles an hour. Passing Republic, small
station, like fash, they rushed along to
the curve a mile east of the town, wheu
suddenly the engineer saw the freight train
under full headway within o.e hundred
wards of him. He at once applied the
brakes and reversed the engine, but 1t did
no good and the next instant the crash
came telescoping the coaches, and pillng
them upon each other.
TO ADD TO THE CoNsTERNATIoN,
of the horrible scene, fire broke out In the
smoking car and soon spread to the other
cars. Many were killed outright, while
Others were wedged in among the broken
cars and were slowly consumed by the
flames. The screams of the wounded and
diving were heartrending, but no assistance
could be given until farmer, awakened
by the crash, came and with other neigh
bors worked like heroes to save tie per
ishing. At this writing nineteen dead
bodies have been recovered and they he
burned and disfigured In the snow beside
the track. Help was sent from Republic
and this city as soon as the news was re-
ceived 1t is a fearful sight that recalls
the Ashtabula horror, the winter OF 1917.
1t is impossible to give the names OF the
killed or wounded at this time.
A SURVIVORS STORY.
Toledo. O., Jan. 4-Charles P. Toll and
wife, of Detroit, who were in the wrecked
Baltimore & Ohio train this morning,
passed through here at noon. MIR. Toll
gives this account of the disaster. The
train was the Baltimore d Ohio limited
express No. 5, which left Washington city
at 10 q. m. yesterday. AT 2:l5 this morn
ing, he was awakened by being violently
thrown from his birth. The train consisted
of the engine, baggage car, one coach and
two sleepers. The train collided with an
east-oound freight, which had just stalled
a mile west of Republic and eight miles
east OF Tiffin. The two engines were ut
terly wrecked. The coach was telescoped
into the baggage car so completely that
the two cars were completely crushed into
the space of one. The two sleoperS did not
leave the track.
THE TELESCoPED CARS CAUGHT FIRE.
from the stoves and the mangled and
crushed passengers imprisoned in the shat
tered wreck, shrieked in agony as the
flames proceeded with their work of des-
truction. The engineer and fireman of the
freigh leaped and saved themselves before
the collision. The engineer of the ex-
press, named Eastman, had his le5 broken
and sustained severe wound in his
shoulder. His fireman was caught be-
tween the engine and tender and died In
few minutes.
THE UNINJURED PASSENGERS
and residents of the neighborhood set TO
work to aid the wounded passengers in the
burning cars, rescuing all who could be
reached. Up to the TIME Toll left, which
was at 5o'clock, eight dead bodies had been
rescued from the wreck. The baggageman
of the express was thrown through the
roof of his car, escaping with broken
leg. The express messenger, who was sit
ting beside him was killed instantly. No
one ia the sleepers were
injured in the least. Among the
passengers in the sleepers were Mrs. Fish,
of Joliet, ILL.,, sister of General Logan,
and her son, harles, neither of whom
were I'M ured.
The shock was so terrific that the farm
ers In the neighborhood
THOUGHT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE
In the confusion of the wreck hot dis
pute arose among the train men as TO the
responsibility for the disaster. 1t appeared
that the freight train was running on the
time of the express. The engineer was
heard to remark that he had lett the last
siding with only thirty pounds OF steam
and on the up grade, east OF 1ltfin, his en-
CINE went back on him and the train
stalled. No danger signals were sent out
ahead and the express running at full
speed down grade and around the curve
had no warning of the impending disaster
until at the instant of the collision.
ANOTHER BAD ONE.
Springfield, Mass an. $3.50 a. M
The" Modoc" passenger train from Alba
ny, which should have arrived here about
a. m, was badly wrecked at Yves
Springfield. 1t is reported that it collided
with freight train, the wreck taxing
fire.
Several persons are reported injured and
probably killed. The fire department hsi
gone to the wreck, which is three or foul
miles west of here.
BROKEN AXLE.
The latest from the wreck on the Boston
& Albany road is that one passenger anC
the sleeping car are totally burned. Sewers
people are badly injured, out none are re
ported killed. The "Modoc" consisted o
the baggage, one mail, two sleepers and
several passenger cars and is an express
from Albany TO Boston, reaching here a
5:25. The "Modoc" is the Chicago e1-
press making close connection between
Chicago and Boston.
THE AXLE OF ONE OF THE CARS
On the express broke and threw the re
mainder of the train against the freight
train that was passing on the track next Il
it, which threw the engine and tender o
the freight train off the track.
The engineer and fireman of the freigh